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(Progress photo by Lorrie Ross) Then NC Governor Pat McCrory made a Sunday morning trip to Clay County to see the fires in person. The forestry department’s incident command personnel point out Shooting Creek firelines from a safe distance.

(Progress photo by Lorrie Ross) Then NC Governor Pat McCrory made a Sunday morning trip to Clay County to see the fires in person. The forestry department’s incident command personnel point out Shooting Creek firelines from a safe distance.

Forest fires three years later

Lorrie Ross - staff writer
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Three years ago, at the end of 2016, the western North Carolina mountains had finally stopped smoldering. Until then, over a period of several weeks which began in late October, about two dozen forest fires had burned tens of thousands of acres.
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Photo ID may not be required to vote

Lorrie Ross - staff writer
Thursday, January 2, 2020
By Lorrie Ross Staff Writer   North Carolina’s on again off again requirement for voters to show photo identification to vote is apparently being called off again. That means voters in the March primary will probably not need to show photo identification after all.
Tackling substance use disorder requires innovation and and collaboration. Clay and Graham County Sheriff’s Departments, Health Departments, Economic Development and NCHRC are working together to develop and stand up programs to combat the opioid epidemic. Putting their heads together are, from left, clock-wise are Gariann Yochym and Jesse-Lee Dunlap from Harm Reduction Coalition, Chuck Stewart, Graham County Sheriff Department, Joseph Jones, Graham County Sheriff, Bobby Deese, Clay County Sheriff, Stephani

Tackling substance use disorder requires innovation and and collaboration. Clay and Graham County Sheriff’s Departments, Health Departments, Economic Development and NCHRC are working together to develop and stand up programs to combat the opioid epidemic. Putting their heads together are, from left, clock-wise are Gariann Yochym and Jesse-Lee Dunlap from Harm Reduction Coalition, Chuck Stewart, Graham County Sheriff Department, Joseph Jones, Graham County Sheriff, Bobby Deese, Clay County Sheriff, Stephani

County introduces Diversion Program

Lorrie Ross - staff writer
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Opioids have impacted countless lives, both locally and in neighboring communities. Yet, a new drug diversion program should decrease some of those negative effects, potentially reducing rates of incarceration, separation from family, overdose and even death.
Julie Stackhouse

Julie Stackhouse

Stackhouse headed to Hall of Fame

Travis Dockery
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Former Hayesville Yellow Jacket athlete and 1997 Hayesville High School graduate Julie Stackhouse is set to be inducted into the North Carolina High School Track and Field and Cross Country Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will be held Saturday, Feb. 1 in Winston Salem.
Géraud Barralon

Géraud Barralon

Géraud Barralon performs in honor of CD release

News Staff
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Géraud Barralon will perform a concert in honor of the release of his new CD, Trace du Poète on Saturday, Dec. 21. Free admission. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., concert is from 7-8 p.m. at the Peacock Performing Arts Center in Hayesville. Barralon comes from Ardèche in the Rhône-Alpes region of France.
(AmeriCorps River 2 team • Photo submitted) AmeriCorps teammember Avery Scully throws wood to a pile at Hintons wood lot. The team worked on the wood lot most Wednesdays with the woodchuckers volunteer woodcutters.

(AmeriCorps River 2 team • Photo submitted) AmeriCorps teammember Avery Scully throws wood to a pile at Hintons wood lot. The team worked on the wood lot most Wednesdays with the woodchuckers volunteer woodcutters.

AmeriCorps hard at work

Lorrie Ross - staff writer
Thursday, December 19, 2019
That small squad of young people you may have seen around Clay County — the ones wearing matching polo shirts with a distinctive logo, often with cargo pants and combat boots — are members of AmeriCorps.
(Becky Long • Clay County Progress) Former sheriff Tony Woody receives congratulations from former sheriff, Vic Davis.

(Becky Long • Clay County Progress) Former sheriff Tony Woody receives congratulations from former sheriff, Vic Davis.

Tony Woody's legacy honored

Becky Long - publisher
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Clay County’s longest-serving sheriff, Tony Woody traveled from his farm in Kentucky to a ceremony at the courthouse where a standing-room only crowd gathered to commemorate his history-making tenure in office and decades of service in law enforcement.
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Homeless population increasing

Lorrie Ross - staff writer
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Clay County has a secret many residents don’t know. The population of homeless people is increasing — even among kids. Many residents are not aware of this because they do not see the homeless sleeping on benches or under bridges, but there are more than one would think.
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Parks may be regulated

Becky Long - publisher
Thursday, December 12, 2019
RV and mobile home parks may have to abide by a new set of regulations in 2020 if an ordinance proposed during the Dec. 5 county commission meeting is approved. The ordinance would also apply to tiny home parks.
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What is figgy pudding, anyway

News Staff
Thursday, December 12, 2019
  “We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Oh, bring us some figgy pudding, oh bring us some figgy pudding, oh bring us some figgy pudding and bring it right here.